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Buy Now Pay Later Moves to the Browser in the UK
BNPL // December 15, 2021

A new collaboration between U.K.-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform Butter and Nasdaq-listed global web innovator Opera will enable U.K.-based shoppers and Opera’s 380 million active users worldwide to use an optional in-browser BNPL extension for any product purchased using an Opera browser. Commenting...

SoftBank-Backed OPay Pauses Ride-Hailing, Logistics Services In Nigeria
Ridesharing // July 03, 2020

OPay, the SoftBank-backed African eCommerce and payments company, has suspended its Nigerian operation, citing the coronavirus pandemic and also a government ban, Bloomberg reports. The operations affected include ride-hailing services ORide and OCar, and logistics service OExpress, Bloomberg reports. The government ban happened when Lagos,...

Bitcoin Daily: Opera Allows Crypto Buys With Apple Pay, Debit; Nifties Digital Art Marketplace Launches
Bitcoin // March 17, 2020

Android users can bring the Coinbase Card directly to their Google Pay wallets, the company said in a post. The Coinbase Card is a debit card funded by digital currency. And, after customers request a Coinbase Card, they can add their cards to Google Pay...

OPay Raises $50M To Grow Mobile Payments Ecosystem In Nigeria
Investments // July 10, 2019

African payments startup OPay has raised $50 million in funding after investors such as Sequoia China, IDG Capital and Source Code Capital joined in the latest round, according to a report. Norwegian browser company Opera, the founder of OPay, also contributed its own investment in the mobile...

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Opera Integrates Ethereum Exchange DeversiFi

February 23, 2022
Web3 browser Opera has integrated with Ethereum Layer 2 exchange DeversiFi, a decentralized exchange (DEX) powered by Starkware’s Layer 2 scaling solution, to provide lower-cost, real-time transactions within Opera’s mobile browser wallet. Starkware’s StarkEx scalability engine makes Layer 2 transactions “instantaneous and 100-times cheaper” than transacting over Ethereum Layer 1, according to a press release […]

SoftBank-Backed OPay Pauses Ride-Hailing, Logistics Services In Nigeria

July 03, 2020
OPay, the SoftBank-backed African eCommerce and payments company, has suspended its Nigerian operation, citing the coronavirus pandemic and also a government ban, Bloomberg reports. The operations affected include ride-hailing services...

Bitcoin Daily: Opera Allows Crypto Buys With Apple Pay, Debit; Nifties Digital Art Marketplace Launches

March 17, 2020
Android users can bring the Coinbase Card directly to their Google Pay wallets, the company said in a post. The Coinbase Card is a debit card funded by digital currency....

OPay Raises $50M To Grow Mobile Payments Ecosystem In Nigeria

July 10, 2019
African payments startup OPay has raised $50 million in funding after investors such as Sequoia China, IDG Capital and Source Code Capital joined in the latest round, according to a report. Norwegian...